Sopra Steria // 2022 CONVENING NOTICE
3 DRAFT RESOLUTIONS SUBMITTED TO THE SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING Text of the resolutions
Text of the resolutions
Requiring the approval of the Ordinary General Meeting Resolution 1 Approval of the parent company financial statements for financial year 2021
Resolution 2 Approval of the consolidated financial statements for financial year 2021
The shareholders at the General Meeting, having fulfilled the quorum and majority requirements for Ordinary General Meetings, and having reviewed the Board of Directors’ reports and the Statutory Auditors’ reports, approve the parent company financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2021 as they were presented, which show a net profit of 156,867,447.75. The shareholders at the General Meeting also approve the transactions reflected in these financial statements and/or summarised in the aforementioned reports. The shareholders at the General Meeting also approve the amount of expenses not deductible for income tax purposes, as defined in Article 39-4 of the French General Tax Code, which amounted to 764,000, and the corresponding tax expense of 217,033. Resolution 3 Appropriation of earnings for financial year 2021 and setting of the dividend
The shareholders at the General Meeting, having fulfilled the quorum and majority requirements for Ordinary General Meetings, and having reviewed the Board of Directors’ reports and the Statutory Auditors’ reports, approve the consolidated financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2021, which show a consolidated net profit (attributable to the Group) of 187,688,638, as well as the transactions reflected in these consolidated financial statements and/or summarised in the reports.
The shareholders at the General Meeting, having fulfilled the quorum and majority requirements for Ordinary General Meetings, and having reviewed the Board of Directors’ reports and the Statutory Auditors’ reports, note that the net profit available for distribution, determined as follows, stands at:
Profit for the year
156,867,447.75
Transfer to the legal reserve
-
Prior unappropriated retained earnings
15,916.00
DISTRIBUTABLE PROFIT
156,883,363.75
and resolve, after acknowledging the consolidated net profit attributable to the Group amounting to 187,688,638, to appropriate this profit as follows:
Dividends (based on a dividend per share of 3.20)
65,752,643.20 91,130,720.55
Discretionary reserves
Retained earnings
-
TOTAL
156,883,363.65
Since the legal reserve already stands at 10% of the share capital, no allocation to it is proposed. In the event of a change in the number of shares with dividend rights, the total amount of the dividend will be adjusted and the amount allocated to discretionary reserves will be determined on the basis of the total dividend amount actually distributed. Dividends paid in respect of the past three financial years were as follows:
2018 1.85
2019
2020 2.00
Dividend per share
-
Number of dividend-bearing shares
20,514,876
-
20,539,743
Dividends paid*
37,952,520.60
- 41,079,486.00
It should be noted that the dividend is eligible for the 40% deduction mentioned in Article 158-3-2° of the French General Tax Code if the taxpayer opts to have the dividend taxed * at the progressive income tax rate.
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SOPRA STERIA NOTICE OF MEETING 2022
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